Tuesday, October 7, 2008

A Bucket of goodies arrives.....

Yesterday my cup runneth over - so to speak - as the mailman had one of those square plastic buckets loaded down with stuff for ME - just for Me and all for ME - ME, ME, ME - just a tad bit self centered there!!! - but anywho - where to begin - I was the recipient of many packages starting off with some stash from 123 Stitch some charts and from Drema at Needlecraft Corner - the rest of my silk for SoHRH. There where also numerous packages of lovely stitchy pieces - the first up will be the wonderful piece that Donna made for my 3rd MAW - here is a snap -


My MAW was for a mattress pin cushion with a Christmas theme - well you can't get more Christmasy than St Nick - and this PS Santa is just perfect (as I am nut for PS)
The finish is so perfect I just love him!!! Thank you so much Donna!!!

I am the lucky recipient for the Ornament exchange this month and
I had two arrive on one day - the first is from Carol - here's a snap -



She stitched up a very traditional sampler inspired piece that is just lovely
and will go so well on the tree!!

I also received an ornament from Vonna - here is a snap -


What is so great about this ornament is that I almost stitched it up a couple of weeks ago - as I totally fell in love with it the min I saw it in the new JCS Mag. Like so many things I just put it aside to do later and slam bam Vonna stitched it for me!!! She knows what I'm thinking.... I just know it!!!! Even when Rico saw it last night he asked when I had the time to make it up and finish it as I had told him about it a while back!!!
I think these wonderful ladies just know me too well!!!!!!
Thank you both so much for the wonderful ornaments!!!!

I also received the Halloween exchange from HOE - my partner was Shay (no blog) and boy was it a wonderful exchange - as she really outdid herself !!!!!! here is a snap of the entire exchange -



It was just a cornucopia of goodies and wonderfulness!!!! As you can see she included ribbons, and clips and Halloween sprinkles, a message pad, some super cute scissors, a gorgeous piece of linen, a box to hold stuff, the beautiful "Quakers and Quilt" chart from Rosewood Manor - I just love this design!! - AND the exchange piece - a beautifully finished floss holder - here is a snap -



Could this be any nicer???? Just a perfectly finished piece WITH a Quaker kitty!! I have seen these around on the blogs and wanted one and wanted to make one but like so many things I was to afraid to try - but seeing this lovely I might just give it a try!! The kitty is so sweet done 1/1. It was a wonderful exchange and I was truly spoiled -
Thank you so much Shay!!!!! You did a super job!!!!!!!!

I got a little stitching on VoHRH - finished up square 7 and moved on to square 8
- here is a snap -



I do not care for the white lillies and will probably change them out for some other colour... I am just too lazy to do it right now. It is a totally wonky snap but you get the idea.

Just another thank you to everyone!!!
Thanks for stopping by and reading my yapping!!!
I love all the comments and I do appreciate them!!!

Take care,
edgar

17 comments:

  1. What a fantastic mail day for you!! Wow- what a haul :-) And VOHRH looks fantastic too!

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  2. My goodness Edgar...what a stellar day!
    Donna's mattress pincushion is just adorable! I've been wondering about doing it with material on the sides and there ya go....Donna did it! Gorgeous :o)
    Carol's ornament is a beauty and those beads around the edge look fantastic. I love, love, love Shay's Halloween floss keeper...my goodness GORGEOUSLY done!!!!
    So happy that you like the wee little stocking...it is so sweet and primitive...just up our alley, huh?!

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  3. WOW Edgar!!! It's like you won the stitchy lottery, lol :)

    Carol and Vonna's ornaments are absolutely lovely and both are perfect for you! And Donna made you a gorgeous and festive mattress pincushion.

    But I think Shay's threadholder steals the show~~love the orange and black, and the kitty, and the flawless finishing!!!

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  4. Wow! You really racked up on goodies! Lucky you!

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  5. wow....very nice haul there Edgar!hahaha! I LOVE santa! (PS is my favorite!)
    Happy Stitching!

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  6. What a wonderful mail day. A whole white bin to yourself. How cool :)

    I really want to stitch that littel stocking for myself this year also. It is SO darling. Vonna did a great job with it.
    Natasha

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  7. Wow, that must have been like Christmas in October! Lovely exchanges.

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  8. Lucky you! I bet the mail man wondered what was so special. Thrilled for you to have such a happy day and those gorgeous pressies. Just love that JCS ornament - must do one for me.

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  9. Holy moly, that was quite a mail day. I'm not going to name and praise all of your gifts individually, because frankly, adjectives fail me. It's all just gorgeous!

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  10. Oh wow - who has been really spoiled then? Lovely gifts Edgar - enjoy.

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  11. Edgar,

    You must have about fainted when you saw all those packages in the mail for you. Everything is first rate! Enjoy it all.

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  12. They are all lovely ! I especially like the Quaker kitty with your initial.

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  13. No matter how much I do truly love PS designs, I am just blown away by the orange and black Quaker Cat.....I love it!

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  14. Edgar, what a lovely group of goodies. I love the stocking ornament Vonna stitched also. When I leafed thru the JCS magazine, that was my favorite.

    Also, the floss holder is so neat. I love the look of that finish. Such talented stitchers...and finishers.

    VOHRH is coming along. I finished mine a few months back, not framed as yet tho. Still waiting for hubby to find his saw....ha!

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  15. Happy Belated Birthday, Edgar! What fantastic gifties you have been receiving of late! They are all so pretty - you are lucky man!

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  16. Looks like is a very,very good mail day for you. Everything so beautiful.

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  17. Happy Belated Birthday Edgar! What a fantastic mail day!

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